Various Artists - Country Gospel Song / Various [CD] USA import

Folkways Records

Various Artists - Country Gospel Song / Various [CD]

Artist: Various Artists

Title: Country Gospel Song / Various

Condition: New

Format: COMPACT DISCS

Release Date: 2012

Label: Folkways Records

UPC: 093070601925

Genre: Folk

Album Tracks

1. I Know That Jesus Set Me Free
2. To the Work
3. God Moves on the Water
4. Honey in the Rock
5. My Mother Is Waiting for Me in Heaven Above
6. The Lion and the Tribes of Judah
7. Just As Soon As My Feet Strike Zion, Lord I Won't Be Troubled No More
8. Lonesome Valley
9. The Little Black Train
10. Jesus, Lover of My Soul
11. Walking with My Saviour
12. Wouldn't Mind Dying
13. Take Your Burden to the Lord
14. Went Up in the Clouds of Heaven

This compilation of religious music from the 1920s and 1930s American South brings together black and white performers to show the relationships and differences between the two styles. Both styles share more elements of text and music than their secular counterparts, even though different influences shape both.